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. 2020 Nov 20;4(22):5745–5754. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003073

Table 2.

Disease presentation and responses to each VST infusion

Total subjects Donor-derived VST Third-party VST
Indication for VST, n N = 38 N = 14 N = 24
 Viremia 20 6 14
 Cystitis 4 2 2
 Viremia + cystitis 14 6 8
BK infection presentation before VST infusion
Viremia
  Days post-HSCT BKPyV was detected, median (range) 29 (5-187) 21 (5-74) 35 (10-187)
  BKPyV before first VST infusion, median (range), copies/mL 8 243 (135-5 513 000) 2 100 (135-1 440 951) 12 543 (1 000-5 513 000)
Hemorrhagic cystitis
  Days post-HSCT cystitis diagnosis, median (range) 22 (2-121) 15 (2-61) 26 (10-121)
  Cystitis grade before VST infusion, n
   2 10 4 6
   3 6 3 3
   4 2 1 1
Antiviral therapy at the time of first VST infusion, n
 Cidofovir 14 4 10
 Acyclovir 23 9 14
 Ganciclovir 3 2 1
 Foscarnet 2 1 1
Response VTS
BKPyV response
  CR, % 69 58 77
  PR, % 17 17 18
  CR+PR, % 86 75 95
  NR, % 14 2% 5
  BKPyV after last VST infusion, median (range), copies/mL 2 357 (0-1 590 000) 1 800 (0-2 800) 2 681 (0-1 590 000)
Cystitis response, %
  CR 75 50 100
  PR 25 50 0
  CR+PR 100 100 100
  NR 0 0 0
BKPyV + cystitis response
  CR, % 58 60 57
  PR, % 29 27 30
  CR+PR, % 87 87 87
  NR, % 13 13 13
  Number of VST infusions, median (range) 1 (1-3) 1 (1-10)
  Infusion reaction, n 0 0 0
  aGVHD within 30 d of VST infusion, n 1 0 1

aGVHD, acute graft-versus-host disease; NR, no response.